U.S. federal judge in Boston on Wednesday officially sentenced 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks and the following killing of a police officer when on the run.
The life-or-death phase in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev began Tuesday, less than two weeks after prosecutors convicted Tsarnaev on all 30 counts tied to the 2013 deadly blasts.
After more than 11 hours' deliberations, a federal jury in Boston on Wednesday found 21-year- old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Kyrgyzstan-born U.S. citizen, guilty of all 30 counts related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks and the following killing of a police officer when on the run.
The trial began here Wednesday for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen accused of carrying out the Boston marathon bombings in the U.S. state of Massachusetts nearly two years ago.
U.S. federal authorities on Thursday indicted two friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, for charges of obstructing justice.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to 30 charges for his alleged role in the tragedy that killed three and hurt over 200 others in April, U.S. media reported.
A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his alleged role in using weapons of mass destruction at the Boston Marathon to kill three individuals and maim or seriously injure many others, as well as for using a firearm to intentionally kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police officer Sean Collier, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged by federal prosecutors, seven days after the bombings killed three people and injured over 200.
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